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Streamlines Board Structure

The Southwest Regional EAA Fly-In,
also known as the EAA Texas Fly-In, is planning for additional
growth when the aviation event returns to Hondo, on May 12th -
14th, 2006.

The fly-in's organizational structure has also been streamlined
to improve the administrative efficiency of the event. The
organized unit will now have a chairman of the board as well as a
president, and two executive vice presidents. Current president
Stan Shannon currently also serves as chairman, but the two
positions are hoped to be separated in the near future. In
addition, Harry Cook of Kerrville, Texas, is now executive vice
president in charge of all air operations, while Norris Warner of
Pipe Creek, Texas, is executive vice president of all ground
operations.

"We have successfully relocated to an airport at Hondo that is
nearly ideal for a major regional fly-in," Shannon said. "Now we
have adjusted our organization's officers and staff to promote
growth."

Six other vice presidents, as well as a secretary and treasurer
of the board, were elected executive officers of the Fly-In. Ten
other directors of the SWRFI board are not officers but carry out
important functions at the annual Fly-In, which was started in 1963
at Georgetown, Texas, by the late Tony Bingelis, an EAA Hall of
Fame member.